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J-Bird
J-Bird cover
Developers
Greg Kuperberg
Publishers
PC Booter Orion Software
Release dates
PC booter 1983
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
J-Bird on MobyGames

Key points

Can be run using DOSBox.

J-Bird is a singleplayer and multiplayer game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
PC booter

Essential improvements

Joystick misbehaving in DOSBox

The game has problems with the default timed=true setting in the dosbox config file, change it to "false". In addition, after changing the option, use the game's joystick calibration option.


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

The game has no configuration save data

Save game data location

The game has no save game data. But it does keep track of high-scores in the file JBIRD.SCR

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

Middleware

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 8086/8088
System memory (RAM) 64 kB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA

References